Why Is This Cargo Container Emitting So Much Radiation?

Re:Why Is This Cargo Container Emitting So Much Radiation? by markbao on Friday October 28, 2011 @04:54PM (#3170038)

> very expensive to properly and legally dispose of

How expensive? From the article: $700,000 expensive. For a "pencil-like cylinder 9 inches long and a third of an inch in diameter." Wow.

EDIT: ah, I was mistaken. See child comment. My error.

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Re:Why Is This Cargo Container Emitting So Much Radiation? by apaprocki on Friday October 28, 2011 @04:58PM (#3170051)

The $700k was for the city and port to dispose of the contaminated container since no one was going to do it for them. The cost of a medical facility properly disposing of the original cobalt has to be a fraction of that (but, to the point, not free).

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Re:Why Is This Cargo Container Emitting So Much Radiation? by markbao on Friday October 28, 2011 @05:01PM (#3170064)

Thanks for the clarification, and sorry for the error. Still an astounding amount.

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